I'm not a guy that sits around and does nothing..

It's like fishing -- you got to get that first one in the boat. Once you get that first one, the skunk is off the boat and everything's cool from the….

Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything..

The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me..

I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what w….

I have a lot of interests..

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens..

I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning. Turkey burgers, turkey bacon and that kind ….

That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it..

That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will..

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and diff….

You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits..

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are..

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back..

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but so….

I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?.

On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The pr….

Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever….

So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I….

I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks and can't run….

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy..